Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Transition Book (October 2019)
Program Overview

Section A: This section includes program descriptions where project applications for approval are ongoing.

• Infrastructure Canada Programming
• Investing in Canada Plan
• Investing In Canada Infrastructure Program
• Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund
• Smart Cities Challenge
• Gas Tax Fund
• Municipal Asset Management Program
• Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program
• Green Municipal Fund

Section B: This section includes program descriptions where project applications are no longer being accepted, and funding is committed and ongoing.

• Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and Clean Water and Wastewater Fund
• New Building Canada Fund
• P3 Canada Fund
• Green Infrastructure Fund
• Building Canada Fund
• Border Infrastructure Fund and Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

Section C: This section includes program descriptions that detail Infrastructure Canada's current research and data initiatives, along with research partnerships and grants with other departments.

• Research and Knowledge Initiative
• Climate-Resilient Buildings and Core Public Infrastructure Initiative
• Infrastructure Data Initiatives

Section D: This section describes two projects that Infrastructure Canada directly manages via two Crown Corporations.

• Gordie Howe International Bridge Project
• Samuel de Champlain Bridge

Section E: This section describes Infrastructure Canada's portfolio organizations, their mandates, and flags area of responsibility.

• Canada Infrastructure Bank
• Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative
• Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority
• Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated

INFRASTRUCTURE CANADA PROGRAMMING

Active Programs

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

$31.3 B, Allocation Program ($22.2 B Available)

• Cost-share funding through Bilateral Agreements.
• Four investment streams:
• Public Transit
• Green
• Community, Culture and Recreation
• Rural and Northern Communities
• Intake process: Open
• Program duration: 2018-28

Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

$2 B, Merit-Based Program ($232.2 M Available)

• Large-scale investments ($20 M+).
• Enables communities to better withstand current and future natural risks.
• Intake process: By Round
• Program duration: 2018-28

Smart Cities Challenge

$300 M, Merit-Based Program ($176.3 M Available)

• Challenges communities to adopt a smart city approach to program design and delivery.
• Focuses on innovation, data and connected technology.
• Intake process: By Round
• Program duration: 2017-27

Federal Gas Tax Fund

$2.2 B Annually, Allocation Program

• Permanent, ongoing funding for local projects.
• Intake process: Open
• Program duration: Ongoing

Active Programs Delivered By the Federation Of Canadian Municipalities

Municipal Asset Management Program

$110 M, Allocation Program ($52.8 M Available)

• Direct support to municipalities.
• Build capacity for asset management practices.
• Intake process: Open
• Program duration: 2017-24

Green Municipal Fund

$1.75 B, Allocation Program (Not INFC-funded)

• Encourages municipal environmental projects through grants, loans, and loan guarantees.
• Infrastructure Canada provides oversight and strategic advice, but no funding.
• Intake process: Open
• Program duration: 2017-24

Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program

$75 M, Allocation Program

• Encourages municipalities to prepare for climate-related challenges.
• Promotes greenhouse gas reduction.
• Intake process: Closed
• Program duration: 2017-24

Legacy Programs

New Building Canada Fund

$12.8 B, Allocation/Merit-Based Program

• Funding for projects that contribute to economic growth, a clean environment, and stronger communities.
• Two Components:
• Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure
• National Infrastructure
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2016-28

Building Canada Fund

$7.8 B, Allocation Program

• Investments in large-scale projects (National Highway System, public transit and green energy), and small-scale projects (cultural and sport facilities).
• Two components:
• Major Infrastructure
• Communities
• Application Process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2009-23

Clean Water and Wastewater Fund

$2 B, Allocation Program

• Short-term funding for the rehabilitation, optimization and planning of water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2016-21

Green Infrastructure Fund

$743.9 M, Merit-Based Program

• Supports projects that improve environmental quality and long-term economic sustainability.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2009-28

Border Infrastructure Fund

$592 M, Merit-Based Program

• Funding for physical infrastructure that aided the free-flow of people and goods across Canada’s borders.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2003-21

Public Transit Infrastructure Fund

$3.4 B, Allocation Program

• Short-term funding for public transit rehabilitation and planning of public transit systems.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2016-21

Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

$4.7 B, Merit-Based Program

• Funding for large-scale, strategic projects focused on economic performance and urban development.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2002-21

P3 Canada Fund

$1.4 B, Allocation Program

• Advanced the public-private partnerships model within local and regional governments through long-term financial agreements.
• Intake process: Closed
• Fully Committed
• Expected funding duration: 2009-23

Data and research programs

Climate-Resilient Buildings and Core Public Infrastructure Initiative

$42.5 M, Research Program

• Provides funding to the National Research Council to develop guidelines, standards and specifications to inform changes to building codes in Canada.
• Fully Committed
• Program duration: 2018-24

Research and Knowledge Initiative

$10 M, Merit-Based Program ($7 M Available)

• Aims to build external capacity by funding research and data projects that contribute to evidence-based decision-making for future investments.
• Intake process: Not yet launched
• Program duration: 2018-24

Major Bridge Projects

Gordie Howe International Bridge

$5.7 B, Bridge + Border Facilities Project

• A nation-building international crossing project that will provide additional capacity at the busiest
• Canada-U.S. trade corridor.
• Will accommodate future growth in traffic and trade, and create long term jobs and economic opportunity in both countries.
• Program Construction: 2018-24

Samuel De Champlain Bridge

$4.5 B, Bridge Project

• A replacement for one of Canada’s busiest bridges.
• Will allow for the continued generation of approx.
• $20 B in international trade per year.
• A crucial commuter and commercial link to the
• Montreal area and the Province of Quebec.
• Project Construction: 2015-19

Other Portfolio Initiatives

Canada Infrastructure Bank

$35 B (Current Funding), Crown Corporation

• Crown Corporation mandated use federal support to attract private sector and institutional investment into new, revenue-generating projects.
• investments in public transit, trade and transportation corridors, green infrastructure, and broadband.
• Years of operation: Ongoing (Current Funding to 2028)

Toronto Waterfront Tripartite Project

• Tripartite revitalization initiative to develop a major piece of underdeveloped property at the waterfront in the City of Toronto.

 

INVESTING IN CANADA PLAN

MANDATE

• Comprised of over seventy programs administered by a number of federal delivery partners, including Infrastructure Canada, the twelve-year, over $187 billion Investing in Canada Plan is a national strategy to address Canada's infrastructure needs through long-term investments.

DESCRIPTION

• The Investing in Canada Plan was announced in Budget 2016 with the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities as the lead Minister responsible for the overall implementation and reporting on the progress of the Plan. Infrastructure Canada is also directly responsible for the majority of the program funding ($99 billion) delivered under the Plan.
• Through the Plan, the Government of Canada is making investments in infrastructure to provide communities across the country with the tools they need to prosper and innovate. Investments are made across five priority areas:
• public transit infrastructure;
• green infrastructure;
• social infrastructure;
• trade and transportation infrastructure; and
• rural and northern communities infrastructure.
• These investments aim to create long-term economic growth, help build inclusive, sustainable communities and support a low carbon, green economy. The seven expected outcomes of the Plan are that the:
• rate of economic growth is increased in an inclusive and sustainable way;
• environmental quality is improved, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced and resilience of communities is increased;
• urban mobility is improved in Canadian communities;
• housing is affordable and in good condition and homelessness is reduced year over year;
• early learning and childcare is of high quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive;
• Canadian communities are more inclusive and accessible; and
• infrastructure is managed in a more sustainable way.
• Infrastructure Canada works with a number of federal delivery partners in delivering the plan, including:
• Canada Infrastructure Bank;
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation;
• Canadian Heritage;
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs;
• Employment and Social Development Canada;
• Environment and Climate Change Canada;
• Health Canada;
• Indigenous Services Canada;
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada;
• Natural Resources Canada;
• Parks Canada;
• Public Health Agency of Canada;
• Public Safety Canada; and
• Transport Canada.
• The ultimate responsibility for the program delivery and financial reporting for each program under the Plan rests with the Minister responsible for the respective department or agency. The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities has the responsibility to report to Cabinet and the Prime Minister on the overall status of the implementation of the Plan.
• The Geomap on the Infrastructure Canada website is updated monthly to highlight the progress of selected approved and announced infrastructure projects across Canada, while the online funding table tracks spending under the Plan by all federal departments and agencies.

FUNDING

• The funding of the twelve-year Plan, totaling over $187 billion, was established in Budgets 2016 and 2017. This includes $92.2 billion in funding for initiatives in place pre-budget 2016, and $95.6 billion in new funding for infrastructure programs launched in 2016 and 2017. The initial phase of the new funding for the Plan announced in Budget 2016 ($14.4 billion), focused on short-term projects, with an emphasis on the repair and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure assets. Budget 2017 built on this foundation by providing new long-term funding ($81.2 billion) extending over the life of the Plan. In Budget 2019, all remaining funding under the Plan was allocated and additional funding was provided to some of the programs under the Plan. For example, an additional $400 million was allocated to the National Trade Corridors Fund, and the Gas Tax Fund was doubled for 2019-20, providing an additional $2.2 billion to communities.
• Of the over $187 billion total, Infrastructure Canada is directly responsible for $99 billion of funding. This funding supports various programs and initiatives, including bilateral agreements with provincial, territorial, and community partners, targeted funding programs such as the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, the federal Gas Tax Fund, and innovative initiatives like the Smart Cities Challenge.

CURRENT STATUS

• As of October 2019, more than seventy programs are active under the plan, with over 52,000 projects approved representing approximately $57.5 billion in federal investments (see Annex A).
• Infrastructure Canada has published two reports on the Plan:
• Investing in Canada: Canada's Long-Term Infrastructure Plan (April 2018); and
• Building a Better Canada: A Progress Report on the Investing in Canada Plan 2016-2019 (May 2019).

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada officials would be pleased to provide you with further information on the Investing in Canada Plan.

ANNEX A: OVERVIEW OF FUNDING BY FEDERAL DELIVERY PARTNERS

Text description of Annex A

Note: The amount of $15B for the Canada Infrastructure Bank has been allocated separately as it is an independent Crown Corporation separate from Infrastructure Canada.

 

INVESTING IN CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

MANDATE

• The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program is a $33.5 billion program to provide federal cost-share funding support for infrastructure projects in communities across the country that will collectively advance national economic, social, and environmental outcomes.

DESCRIPTION

• Launched in 2017-18, the ten-year program has been designed to provide long-term, stable funding for public infrastructure initiatives across Canada. It is being delivered through bilateral agreements signed in 2018 with each province and territory. Allocations for each province and territory are set out in those agreements, each of which can be found on the Infrastructure Canada website.
• Funding levels have largely been set via a per capita allocation on top of a base amount. The funding has been allocated to provinces and territories under four funding streams, as follows:
• Public Transit: This stream provides funding for the construction, expansion, improvement and rehabilitation of public transit infrastructure, and supports active transportation that enhances mobility options and strengthens communities.
• Green Infrastructure: The Green Infrastructure stream is further divided into three sub-streams: climate change mitigation (supports greenhouse gas mitigation projects); adaptation, resilience, and disaster mitigation (infrastructure projects that will help communities adapt to the impacts of a changing climate); and environmental quality (such as water and wastewater infrastructure).
• Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure: This stream funds new, expanded or renewed community, cultural and recreational facilities.
• Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure: This stream provides funding to smaller communities to address various rural and northern specific needs related to broadband, food security, transportation, energy and, where it supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's objectives, education and health facilities. It also includes the $400 million Arctic Energy Fund to address energy security in the territories.
• Provinces and territories are responsible for identifying and prioritizing eligible projects through engagement with local and regional governments, and Indigenous Ultimate Recipients and submitting projects to Infrastructure Canada and, if approved by Infrastructure Canada, flowing funds to eligible recipients.
• The Program uses an outcomes-based approach to eligibility, meaning that, to be eligible for funding, projects must directly support at least one immediate outcome sought under the program (see Annex A).
• Project eligibility is also dependent on stream-specific requirements and exclusions as well as horizontal federal requirements, as specified in the bilateral agreements. Horizontal federal requirements include, for projects meeting specified criteria, a Climate Lens assessment and consideration of Community Employment Benefits.
• The Climate Lens assessment requires projects to submit a greenhouse gas mitigation assessment and a climate change resilience assessment to ensure that climate change considerations are factored into the development of projects.
• The Community Employment Benefits initiative requires project proponents to consider establishing targets to increase employment opportunities for workers from under-represented groups, as well as to increase opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises and social enterprises.
• As part of the overall management of the Program, provinces and territories must also submit three-year rolling Infrastructure Plans, to provide a better understanding of their approach to managing the prioritization of future projects and their progress on advancing program targets and outcomes.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 1		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$31.3 B		$22.2 B			471
Funding Profile:
2018-19	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$14.5 M	$634.6 M		$1.5 B	$1.7 B		$2.3 B
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$3.2 B	$3.8 B		$5.7 B	$5.7 B		$7 B

• Annex B provides further information on the funding envelopes by jurisdiction per stream.

CURRENT STATUS

• Infrastructure Canada is working with provinces and territories to support the continued implementation of the Program, including looking for opportunities to strengthen administrative efficiencies and make other adjustments as required.
• To this end, for example, the department is piloting a progress billing initiative in Alberta and Nova Scotia, which aims to better align the flow of funding with incremental progress on projects through payments to jurisdictions three times per year.
• Though the Program is still in early implementation, significant progress has been made under all streams, such as:
• 883 (new and expansion) transit vehicles;
• 6 new or expanded subway/light rail transit lines;
• 66 approved projects in that focus on wastewater in the Environmental Quality sub-stream; and
• 156,082 new households that have access to broadband at project conclusion.

NEXT STEPS

• Project approvals continue to be a top priority. Funding approval for projects is the responsibility of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. For projects under the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure stream, funding approval can also be granted by the Minister of Rural and Economic Development. Some projects require the approval of the Treasury Board, in accordance with the delegation of authorities.
• An evaluation of the Program is planned for 2022-23. The focus will be on early impacts of projects selected to date and on how the Program's design is supporting the achievement of intermediate and long-term outcomes.

ANNEX A: IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES FOR EACH OF THE INVESTING IN CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FUNDING STREAMS AND SUB-STREAMS

Funding Stream	Immediate Outcome
Public Transit	Improved capacity of public transit infrastructure Improved quality and safety of existing and future transit systems Improved access to public transit systems
Green Infrastructure - Climate Change Mitigation	Increased capacity to manage more renewable energy Increased access to clean energy transportation Increased energy efficiency of buildings Increased generation of clean energy
Green Infrastructure - Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Mitigation	Increased structural capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, natural disasters and extreme weather events Increased natural capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, natural disasters and extreme weather events
Green Infrastructure - Environmental Quality	Increased capacity to treat and manage wastewater and stormwater Increased access to potable water Increased capacity to reduce or remediate soil and air pollutants
Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure	Improved access to and increased quality of community, cultural and recreational infrastructure for Canadians, including Indigenous Peoples and vulnerable populations.
Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure	Improved food security Improved and more reliable road, air and marine infrastructure Improved broadband connectivity More efficient and reliable energy (The Arctic Energy Fund can only be applied to this outcome) Improved education and health facilities (specific to Truth and Reconciliation Commission)

ANNEX B: Infrastructure Plan - PHASE 2 Provincial and Territorial Project Funding Envelopes (as of Oct 16,2019)

JURISDICTION	PUBLIC TRANSIT	GREEN	COMMUNITY, CULTURE & RECREATION	RURAL AND NORTHERN*	TOTAL ALLOCATION
Newfoundland & Labrador	$108,368,833	$300,417,377	$39,512,400	$103,964,235	$552,262,845
Prince Edward Island	$26,494,894	$223,351,721	$28,450,243	$80,966,769	$359,263,627
Nova Scotia	$286,693,431	$378,095,460	$50,733,020	$104,686,318	$820,208,229
New Brunswick	$163,479,251	$343,529,716	$45,747,762	$113,437,766	$666,194,495
Québec	$4,339,201,949	$2,584,288,639	$251,792,553	$285,295,479	$7,460,578,620
Ontario	$7,394,246,194	$2,223,533,590	$403,129,346	$295,359,346	$10,316,268,476
Manitoba	$540,678,441	$447,272,662	$60,713,465	$111,690,824	$1,160,355,392
Saskatchewan	$304,792,315	$412,171,326	$55,649,268	$114,746,868	$887,359,777
Alberta	$2,091,816,770	$1,247,561,026	$140,257,861	$159,290,533	$3,638,926,191
British Columbia	$2,678,991,935	$899,130,345	$156,374,851	$165,254,819	$3,899,751,950
Yukon	$9,822,007	$204,522,062	$25,699,769	$200,099,088	$440,142,926
Northwest Territories	$8,196,535	$204,531,239	$25,722,214	$322,187,412	$560,637,400
Nunavut	$0	$200,823,353	$25,235,247	$323,580,035	$549,638,635
TOTAL	$17,952,782,556	$9,669,228,516	$1,309,017,999	$2,380,559,493	$31,311,588,563

*Arctic Energy Fund is reflected in Rural and Northern

DISASTER MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION FUND

MANDATE

• The Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund invests in large-scale infrastructure projects, including natural infrastructure, to enable communities to better withstand current and future natural risks, as well as the continuity of services.

DESCRIPTION

• Launched in May 2018, the $2 billion Fund is a merit-based, competitive program that offers a complementary approach to support to the provincial and territorial funding allocations provided for climate change resilience projects across the country under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program's Green Infrastructure Stream.
• The Fund is designed to support significant, large-scale disaster mitigation and adaptation projects with total eligible costs of at least $20 million. The cost sharing and stacking limits are in Annex A. Eligible projects include:
• New construction of public infrastructure including natural infrastructure; and
• Modification and/or reinforcement including rehabilitation and expansion of existing public infrastructure including natural infrastructure.
• The Fund is designed to have periodic calls for applications through a two-step, competitive process:
• Step I: Expression of Interest (EOI) Application: This step is mandatory and determines project eligibility;
• Step II: Full Application: Successful applicants from the first step are invited to submit the full application. The full applications are assessed against merit criteria and federal requirements.
• In addition, in cases where the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, in consultation with the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, has identified a specific area of concern due to urgent and emergent situations, projects can be considered outside the competitive intake process. For instance, in June 2019, provincial and territorial Ministers were invited to submit applications outside of the competitive process in response to the spring 2019 flooding events and other hazard risks, such as wildland fires.

FUNDING

Program Allocation:		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$2 B		$232.2 M			59
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$0	$128.3 M		$113.8 M	$199.2 M		$199.2 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$249.2 M	$249.2 M		$254.2 M	$299.2 M		$299.2 M

Approved Projects by Type of Hazard
Flooding	Wildland Fire	Erosion	Storm	Other (drought, permafrost, extreme temperatures)	Earthquake
66%	5%	9%	8%	10%	2%

CURRENT STATUS

• There is significant interest in the program from across the country. The Fund's first competitive intake process launched in May 2018 identified more than $6 billion in potential federal investment opportunities.
• An internal audit of the Fund has been initiated by Infrastructure Canada's Audit and Evaluation Branch. The audit will focus primarily on the Fund's first intake and review processes. Future audits will likely focus on implementation and governance.
• Due to the scale of the funding sought under the first intake, only eligible projects with construction start dates in 2019 and 2020 were invited to the Full Application phase of the program.
• Overall, program uptake by provinces and territories, as opposed to other partners and stakeholders, has been limited. The program has been popular with municipalities; municipal projects represent 73 percent of projects approved. The majority of projects from municipalities do not include any provincial/territorial funding contributions.
• In terms of outcomes, all projects approved seek to increase their communities' resilience by reducing at least one of the following indicators: local economic loss; percentage of people directly affected; percentage of population without essential services; and percentage of missing people and loss of lives. In addition, the approved projects are expected to result in average long-term savings of 14:1.

NEXT STEPS

• The timing of a potential second intake under the Fund remains to be determined.

ANNEX A: DISASTER MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION FUND (DMAF) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND MERIT CRITERIA

Eligibility Criteria	Details
Project Schedule	Within the DMAF program timeline (March 31, 2028)
Minimum Threshold	$20 million in total eligible costs
Cost Sharing and Stacking	Up to 50% for provincial assets; Up to 40% for municipal and not-for-profit assets; Up to 75% for territorial and Indigenous assets*; Up to 25% for for-profit assets. *For Indigenous assets, additional funding from any applicable federal source to a maximum federal contribution of 100%
Recipient Type	Municipal, Regional, Provincial, Territorial, For-profit, Not-for-profit and Indigenous communities
Nature of the Project	New construction, rehabilitation and/or expansion of an existing asset
Asset Ownership, Use or Benefit	The DMAF focuses on public infrastructure. Privately owned assets need to demonstrate public benefit.
National Significance	DMAF projects need to meet at least one of the six national significance criteria* *For example, reduce impacts on critical infrastructure, including essential services.
Alignment with the Program Objectives	DMAF projects must align with program objectives

Merit Criteria	Details
Hazard Risk Assessment	To assess the likelihood and impact of the hazard risk in consideration of current and future climate change impacts within the asset lifecycle. Socio-economic impacts are considered, including four key indicators: loss of lives/missing people; directly affected people; local economic loss; and population without essential services.
Extent to which the project strengthens resilience	To assess the expected risk impacts on a community. Applicants must indicate the impacts on the four key indicators before and after project completion.
Return on Investment	The ROI ratio measures the estimated disaster losses avoided by the investment, within the asset lifecycle.
Project rationale	Assess the investment rationale which could include the options considered for the project. Applicants must describe why the proposed project is the best and most appropriate option to address the natural hazard risk.
Innovation	To assess if innovative measures are considered as part of the project, including natural infrastructure, innovative technologies, global best practices.
Risk Transfer Management Measures	Must demonstrate that the proposed project addresses comprehensively the broad impacts of the hazard risk.
Alignment with relevant municipal/provincial/ territorial plans, strategies and frameworks	Projects are required to align with existing municipal/provincial/territorial plans, strategies and frameworks as well as legislation and regulations more broadly.
Public and Indigenous Engagement	Applicants must demonstrate that they have or will engage with province(s) or territory(ies) in which the project is situated, affected communities including Indigenous communities and the general public.
Risks associated with project management and implementation	Applicants must demonstrate the potential risks they could encounter during the project implementation.
Project Benefits	Merit is awarded to projects that offer additional benefits to Canadians, such as addressing multiple hazards, and providing environmental value and/or protecting valuable cultural assets.

ANNEX B: PROJECT MAP

Text description of Annex B

ANNEX C: DMAF Project List as of October 18, 2019

Province/Territory	Name of Recipient	Project Title	Federal Contribution
ALBERTA - 4 PROJECTS			$258,026,000
Alberta	Government of Alberta, Transportation Ministry	Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) Project	$168,500,000
Alberta	Town of Drumheller	Drumheller Flood Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation System along the Red Deer River Valley	$22,000,000
Alberta	Town of Canmnore	Flood Mitigation of Several Steep Mountain Creeks in the Bow Valley	$13,760,000
Alberta	City of Edmonton	Riverine and Urban Buffer on Flood Mitigation	$53,766,000
BRITISH COLUMBIA - 6 PROJECTS			$192,763,823
British Columbia	Skwah First Nation	New dyke / flood barrier to protect Skwah FN and City of Chilliwack against flooding	$45,000,000
British Columbia	Corporation of the City of Victoria	Climate and Seismic Resilient Underground Infrastructure	$15,393,320
British Columbia	City of Kelowna	Mill Creek Flood Protection	$22,000,000
British Columbia	City of Surrey	Reducing Coastal Flood Vulnerability in the Coastal Lowlands of City of Surrey, City of Delta and Semiahmoo First Nation	$76,602,850
British Columbia	City of Richmond	Richmond Flood Protection Program	$13,780,000
British Columbia	Corporation of the City of Grand Forks	Grand Forks and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Structural and Natural Flood Mitigation	$19,987,653
MANITOBA - 2 PROJECTS			$270,700,000
Manitoba	Province of Manitoba	Lakes of Manitoba and St. Martin	$247,500,000
Manitoba	Thompson Regional Airport Authority	Air Terminal Building Redevelopment project	$23,200,000
NEW BRUNSWICK - 3 PROJECTS			$36,889,074
New Brunswick	City of Saint John (COSJ)	Saint John Flood Mitigation Strategy	$11,916,074
New Brunswick	New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure	NB Arterial Highway # 11: Culvert Mitigation and Improvement	$13,573,000
New Brunswick	City of Fredericton	Multiple Natural and Structural Infrastructure Projects to Adapt to Pulival and Fluvial Flood Events in Fredericton	$11,400,000
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR - 1 PROJECT			$15,180,000
Newfoundland & Labrador	Government of Newfoundland and Labrador	Replacement of provincial highway bridges	$15,180,000
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - 3 PROJECTS			$64,112,218
Northwest Territories	City of Yellowknife	Flood Hazard Mitigation for the Yellowknife Region	$25,862,218
Northwest Territories	Department of Infrastructure, Government of NWT	Inuvik Airport - Adaptation to Increase the Resilience of the Surface Structures from Impacts of Climate Change	$16,500,000
Northwest Territories	Government of NWT	Increase fuel storage capacity to mitigate impacts to the public and essential services due to wildfires	$21,750,000
NOVA SCOTIA - 2 PROJECTS			$56,997,500
Nova Scotia	Government of Nova Scotia - Department of Agriculture	Construction Upgrades to Protect 60 Communities in Nova Scotia from the Impacts of Coastal Flooding	$24,997,500
Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (NSTIR)	Upgrades Aboiteaux and Dykes to Protect the Town of Windsor, Falmouth, and Surrounding Areas	$32,000,000
ONTARIO - 23 PROJECTS			$530,981,028
Ontario	Corporation of the City of Markham	City of Markham's Flood Control Program	$48,640,000
Ontario	Corporation of the City of Sarnia	Combined Sewer Separation - Flooding and Overflow Mitigation Project	$10,412,000
Ontario	Regional Municipality of York	Aurora Sewage Pumping Station Overflow Mitigation Work	$8,280,000
Ontario	Regional Municipality of York	Natural Infrastructure - building climate change resilience through enhancement and restoration of the urban forest in York Region, Ontario	$10,136,000
Ontario	Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte	Expansion to water infrastructure to reduce risk & impacts of drought MBQ Territory.	$30,093,216
Ontario	Regional Municipality of York	York Durham Sewage System Forcemain Twinning Project	$48,000,000
Ontario	City of Toronto	Construction of the Fairbank-Silverthorn Trunk Storm Sewer System for Basement Flooding Protection and Combined Sewer Overflow Reduction	$73,200,000
Ontario	City of Toronto	Construction of the Midtown Toronto Relief Storm Sewer for Basement Flooding Protection	$37,160,000
Ontario	Corporation of the City of Vaughan	Implementing Vaughan Stormwater Flood Mitigation projects	$16,588,299
Ontario	City of Hamilton	City of Hamilton Project Bundle - Extreme Storms - Shoreline Protection Resilience	$12,686,000
Ontario	Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA)	West London Dyke Reconstruction	$10,000,000
Ontario	Corporation of the City of Windsor	City of Windsor Disaster Mitigation and Infrastructure Enhancement Initiative	$32,090,691
Ontario	Corporation of The City of Thunder Bay	Community Flood Mitigation Project	$13,249,200
Ontario	Municipality of Chatham-Kent	Flood Mitigation Along Thames & Sydenham Rivers	$16,575,200
Ontario	Corporation of the City of Kitchener	Kitchener Stormwater Network Adaptation	$49,990,000
Ontario	City of Greater Sudbury	Flood mitigation, control and improvements in the Junction Creek Watershed	$8,840,000
Ontario	Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)	Toronto Region Ravine Erosion Risk Management and Hazard Mitigation Project	$22,311,578
Ontario	City of Toronto	Repair, remediate, and enhance resilience of Toronto's tree canopy and waterfront shoreline structures to protect against future flooding and storm events.	$11,989,186
Ontario	City of Kingston	Shoreline Protection Works	$9,806,191
Ontario	City of Kingston	Combined Sewer Separation and Storm Water Management Infrastructure	$10,400,000
Ontario	St. Clair Conservation Authority	Shoreline Rehabilitation along Lake Huron and St. Clair River	$8,000,000
Ontario	Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)	Toronto Waterfront Erosion Hazard Mitigation Project	$33,794,667
Ontario	City of Toronto	City of Toronto 2020-21 Culvert Rehabilitation	$8,738,800
QUÉBEC - 10 PROJECTS			$251,056,900
Quebec	City of Montreal/Water Services	Construction of a retaining structure intended to reduce overflows during heavy rains	$21,280,000
Quebec	City of Montreal/Water Services	Construction of retaining structures to control overflows and overloading of combined sewer systems during heavy rains	$33,060,400
Quebec	Quebec Ministry of Transport	Rehabilitation of the section of the Chemin de fer de la Gaspésie railway line- Port-Daniel-Gascons to Gaspé	$45,815,200
Quebec	Quebec Ministry of Transport	Infrastructure development project to protect Highway 132 against coastal hazards	$13,200,500
Quebec	City of Victoriaville	Protecting and safeguarding the drinking water supply in the Beaudet reservoir of the City of Victoriaville, Quebec	$16,000,000
Quebec	City of Montreal/Water Services	Protection and resilience increase against flooding in Pierrefonds-Roxboro	$50,000,000
Quebec	City of Gatineau	Wabassee Creek Watershed	$22,510,000
Quebec	Town of Ste-Marthe-sur-le-lac	Repairing, Strengthening, Heightening, and Sealing Work to the Town of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac’s Dyke	$19,726,000
Quebec	City of Deux-Montagnes	Protection Works Mitigating Floods In The Deux-Montagnes Lake Sector (Deux-Montagnes, Oka, Pointe-Calumet, St-Joseph-sur-le-lac)	$17,949,080
Quebec	City of Deux-Montagnes	Protection works mitigating floods in the Rivière des Mille Iles sector (St-Eustache, Rosemère, Boisbriand)	$11,515,720
SASKATCHEWAN - 5 PROJECTS			$82,396,300
Saskatchewan	City of Meadow Lake	Replacement of common trench water and pressure sewer lines and the relocation of the sewage lagoon for Meadow Lake	$8,000,000
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Power Corporation	Wildfire Risk Reduction and Capacity Development in Northern Saskatchewan	$19,802,475
Saskatchewan	City of Saskatoon	Flood Control Strategy	$21,600,000
Saskatchewan	Ministry of Environment Wildfire Management Branch (WFMB) Government of Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Wildfire Risk Reduction and Community Resilience Project	$20,493,825
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure	Highway 55 Corridor Improvements	$12,500,000
TOTAL - 59 PROJECTS			$1,759,102,843

SMART CITIES CHALLENGE

MANDATE

• The Smart Cities Challenge is an innovative and experimental program for the Government of Canada, testing new approaches to program design and delivery. The Smart Cities Challenge incents communities to adopt a smart cities approach to improve the lives of their residents through innovation, data and connected technology.

DESCRIPTION

• Established in 2017, the Smart Cities Challenge is a competition open to all municipalities, local or regional governments, and Indigenous communities.
• Communities of all sizes are confronting new ways to leverage data and connected technology into their operations. The Smart Cities Challenge aims to work with communities to do so in a way that puts the needs of residents first, and generates solutions that can be replicated across Canada. The process is designed to support the achievement of measurable positive results, with built-in flexibilities to encourage innovation and risk taking. This approach has been identified as valuable and promising by domestic and international commentators.
• An independent jury evaluates submissions and recommends slates of finalists and winners to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
• Recognizing that most Canadian communities have capacity limitations, the Smart Cities Community Support Program was designed in parallel to the Smart Cities Challenge as a contribution program. Its objective is to provide advisory and capacity-building services directly to communities of all sizes across Canada as they explore and implement smart cities approaches.

Overview of the Challenge: Competition One

• The first round of the Challenge was launched in November 2017.
• An inclusive prize structure was designed: one $50 million prize for communities of all sizes, two $10 million prizes for communities with populations under 500,000, and one $5 million prize for communities with populations under 30,000 people.
• 130 applications were received, representing 225 communities from small towns to large cities in every province and territory. Twenty applications were received from Indigenous communities, either individually or as part of joint submissions.
• Twenty finalists were announced in June 2018. Each finalist received a $250,000 grant to support the development of their final proposal.
• Four winning communities were announced on May 14, 2019:
• Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia ($5 million prize)
• Bridgewater's project is focused on an Energy Poverty Reduction Program that uses data and connected technology to restore control to residents over their energy costs and infrastructure.
• City of Guelph and Wellington County, Ontario ($10 million prize)
• Guelph and Wellington County's project focuses on becoming Canada's first circular food economy by creating new circular business opportunities, transforming food waste into a resource, and increasing access to affordable, nutritious food.
• Nunavut Communities, Nunavut ($10 million prize)
• The project from the Nunavut Communities focuses on strengthening resilience and improving mental health among young Nunavummiut through technology-enabled Makerspaces in various communities across Nunavut.
• City of Montréal, Quebec ($50 million prize)
• The project of the City of Montréal takes action on systemic issues of urban life – enabled by technology – to improve mobility and access to food so that all Montrealers may enjoy a pleasant quality of life where their basic needs are met.
• Infrastructure Canada officials have maintained a visible presence by conducting site visits and outreach in participating municipalities. The program has been very well received and communities have been actively seeking information about future rounds.
• Participants in the Challenge have affirmed that it has enabled them to break down silos within their municipal governance structures and to build new partnerships. Many applicants and finalists have noted their plans to move forward in implementing their smart cities vision despite not having been selected as winners.

FUNDING

Project Allocation:		Funding Remaining:			Number of Approved and Announced Projects:
$300 M		$176.3 M			25
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$7 M	$10.2 M		$25.9 M	$30.2 M		$60.1 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$29.6 M	$53.6 M		$21.6 M	$22.6M		N/A

• The Smart Cities Challenge program has been allocated $300 million over ten years to run up to three competitions and the Community Support Program, from 2017-18 until 2026-27.
• Winning communities receive a funding agreement with the Government of Canada. Milestone payments will be primarily tied to the performance / achievement of positive outcomes for residents.
• To date, twenty grants of $250,000 have been expended to the finalists of the first competition, for a total of $5 million. Winners of the first competition will receive a combined $75 million over five years.
• Two more competitions are expected with a total allocation in grants and contributions of $160 million between 2020 and 2027.  
• $20 million has been allocated toward the CSP. In October 2018, a consortium led by national non-profit organization Evergreen was selected via an open call to receive up to $4.6 million in funding over two years.
• An Indigenous-specific stream of the Challenge had been envisioned but was reconsidered in light of the strong degree of Indigenous participation during Competition One. $15 million was instead transferred to Indigenous Services Canada to support the Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative.

CURRENT STATUS

• Officials are working with the four winners of Competition One to ensure sound planning and governance as these communities begin implementing their smart cities projects.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada officials will provide you with a recommendation for the start of the next round of the competition for your consideration.

GAS TAX FUND

MANDATE

• The federal Gas Tax Fund is an infrastructure program, based on a statutory source of funding, that provides permanent, ongoing federal funding for local infrastructure projects prioritized by communities across Canada.

DESCRIPTION

• The Fund currently provides more than $2.2 billion annually to more than 3,600 communities. It is indexed at two percent per year, with increases to be applied in $100 million increments. Annual allocations are listed in Annex A.
• The Fund is implemented through administrative agreements with provinces and territories, as well as municipal associations in Ontario and British Columbia, and the City of Toronto. The current, ten-year agreements came into effect in April 2014, and expire in March 2024.
• Under the Gas Tax Fund, upfront funding is provided annually in two installments to provinces, territories, and municipal associations, who in turn flow this funding to their municipalities to support local infrastructure priorities. Municipalities can pool, bank and borrow against this funding, providing significant financial flexibility.
• A portion of the Gas Tax Fund is also allocated to First Nations on a per capita basis. This portion of funding is delivered by Indigenous Services Canada as part of the First Nations Infrastructure Fund.
• The Fund was launched in 2005 and originally designed to provide municipalities with $5 billion in predictable funding over five years. The Government of Canada announced in 2008 plans to make the fund permanent, and subsequently embedded it in legislation as an ongoing source of federal infrastructure funding for municipalities. Despite its name, the Fund currently has no specific relationship to tax revenues related to gas prices.
• In most cases, local governments, being the ultimate recipients, select how best to direct the funds with the flexibility to make strategic investments across the following eighteen different project categories: drinking water; wastewater; solid waste; public transit; local roads and bridges; community energy systems; capacity building; disaster mitigation; broadband connectivity; highways; short-line rail; short-sea shipping; brownfield redevelopment; regional and local airports; and, projects supporting culture, tourism, sport and recreation. In Quebec, funding under the program is directed to specific investment objectives established by the province.
• The overall strategic implementation of each of the Gas Tax Fund agreements is managed by an oversight committee co-chaired by senior officials representing the Government of Canada and each signatory.
• Infrastructure Canada is responsible for undertaking and managing the on-going federal administration, including making payments, receiving and reviewing required reports, executing evaluations, and reporting to Canadians and Parliamentarians.
• Non-federal signatories of the agreements are responsible for the administration and oversight of the program and for providing Infrastructure Canada reasonable assurance in the form of an Annual Report confirming that funds were expended for the purposes intended.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 2		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$27.5 B		N/A			N/A
Funding Profile:
Total Funding Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$23.1 B	$4.3 B		$2.2 B	$2.3 B		$2.3 B
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$2.4 B	$2.2 B		$2.2 B	$2.2 B		$2.2 B

CURRENT STATUS

• The federal Gas Tax Fund delivers over $2.2 billion every year to 3,600 communities across the country. From 2014 to 2024, it will provide municipalities with close to $22 billion in infrastructure funding.
• At the start of each fiscal year, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities confirms the Gas Tax Fund funding to signatories through a letter. Following this, Infrastructure Canada makes two equal payments to each signatory. The first payment generally occurs in early summer, and the second in the fall.
• The Gas Tax Fund is allocated on a per-capita basis for provinces, territories and First Nations, but provides a base funding amount of 0.75 percent of total annual funding for Prince Edward Island and each territory.
• Jurisdictional allocations are adjusted every five years corresponding with new census population data. As such, allocations were last updated based on census 2016 population data, starting in the 2019-20 fiscal year.
• As per Budget 2016, Infrastructure Canada committed to transfer over $30.1 million of uncommitted funds from previous federal infrastructure programs to the Gas Tax Fund by March 31, 2017. Legacy transfer payments by jurisdiction are listed in Annex B.
• Budget 2019 implemented a one-time additional transfer of $2.2 billion through the federal Gas Tax Fund to address short-term priorities in municipalities and First Nations communities. This doubled the Government of Canada's commitment to municipalities in 2018-19. Additional transfer allocations are listed in Annex B.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada is working in collaboration with provinces, territories, and municipal associations to improve outcomes reporting for the program and to identify alignment opportunities with reporting requirements of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.
• As the Gas Tax Fund Agreements are only effective until March 31, 2024, new or amended agreements will eventually be required to account for allocations beyond the 2023-24 fiscal year, as well as any adjustments to the program terms and conditions.

ANNEX A: ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS OF THE GAS TAX FUND

Table of regular annual allocations of the federal Gas Tax Fund, per province and territory, from years 2014-15 to 2018-19:

Province/Territory	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017Footnote 3	2017-2018	2018-2019
British Columbia	$253,276,892	$253,276,892	$265,940,736	$265,940,736	$278,604,581
Alberta	$208,650,536	$208,650,536	$219,083,063	$219,083,063	$229,515,590
Saskatchewan	$56,289,884	$56,289,884	$59,104,378	$59,104,378	$61,918,872
Manitoba	$65,470,748	$65,470,748	$68,744,285	$68,744,285	$72,017,823
Ontario	$744,948,996	$744,948,996	$782,196,446	$782,196,446	$819,443,895
Québec	$458,218,932	$458,218,932	$481,129,879	$481,129,879	$504,040,826
New Brunswick	$43,322,293	$43,322,293	$45,488,408	$45,488,408	$47,654,522
Nova Scotia	$53,226,093	$53,226,093	$55,887,397	$55,887,397	$58,548,702
Prince Edward Island	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,750,000	$15,750,000	$16,500,000
Newfoundland and Labrador	$29,865,059	$29,865,059	$31,358,312	$31,358,312	$32,851,564
Northwest Territories	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,750,000	$15,750,000	$16,500,000
Nunavut	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,750,000	$15,750,000	$16,500,000
Yukon	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,750,000	$15,750,000	$16,500,000
First Nation Infrastructure FundFootnote 4	$26,730,568	$26,730,568	$28,067,096	$28,067,096	$29,403,625
Total	$2,000,000,000	$2,000,000,000	$2,100,000,000*	$2,100,000,000	$2,200,000,000*

Table of regular annual allocations of the federal Gas Tax Fund, per province and territory, from years 2019-20 to 2023-24:

Province/Territory	2019-2020Footnote 5	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
British Columbia	$280,416,420	$280,416,420	$293,162,621	$293,162,621	$305,908,822
Alberta	$244,029,220	$244,029,220	$255,121,458	$255,121,458	$266,213,695
Saskatchewan	$62,571,380	$62,571,380	$65,415,534	$65,415,534	$68,259,687
Manitoba	$72,510,828	$72,510,828	$75,806,775	$75,806,775	$79,102,722
Ontario	$816,507,200	$816,507,200	$853,621,164	$853,621,164	$890,735,127
Québec	$495,770,253	$495,770,253	$518,305,265	$518,305,265	$540,840,276
New Brunswick	$45,098,015	$45,098,015	$47,147,924	$47,147,924	$49,197,834
Nova Scotia	$55,829,094	$55,829,094	$58,366,780	$58,366,780	$60,904,466
Prince Edward Island	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	$17,250,000	$17,250,000	$18,000,000
Newfoundland and Labrador	$31,583,477	$31,583,477	$33,019,089	$33,019,089	$34,454,702
Northwest Territories	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	$17,250,000	$17,250,000	$18,000,000
Nunavut	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	$17,250,000	$17,250,000	$18,000,000
Yukon	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	$17,250,000	$17,250,000	$18,000,000
First Nation Infrastructure Fund	$29,684,113	$29,684,113	$31,033,391	$31,033,391	$32,382,668
Total	$2,200,000,000	$2,200,000,000	$2,300,000,000*	$2,300,000,000	$2,400,000,000Footnote 6

ANNEX B: TOP-UP ALLOCATIONS OF THE GAS TAX FUND

Province/Territory	Budget 2016 Legacy Transfer	Budget 2019 Top-up
	2016-2017	2019-2020
British Columbia	$3,439,041.83	$278,604,581
Alberta	$2,661,350.83	$229,515,590
Saskatchewan	$1,189,874.04	$61,918,872
Manitoba	$835,093.32	$72,017,823
Ontario	$13,778,252.73	$819,443,895
Québec	$5,844,611.56	$504,040,826
New Brunswick	$552,578.60	$47,654,522
Nova Scotia	$678,902.19	$58,548,702
Prince Edward Island	$228,651.74	$16,500,000
Newfoundland and Labrador	$380,930.72	$32,851,564
Northwest Territories	$188,869.74	$16,500,000
Nunavut	$188,869.74	$16,500,000
Yukon	$188,869.74	$16,500,000
First Nation Infrastructure Fund	N/A	$29,403,625
Total	$30,155,896.78	$2,200,000,000

MUNICIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

MANDATE

• The Municipal Asset Management Program helps strengthen the capacity of Canadian municipalities to make informed infrastructure investment decisions based on sound asset management practices.

DESCRIPTION

• The program was launched in February 2017. As the recipient of Infrastructure Canada's transfer payment funding, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities undertakes the program activities, including selecting projects and entering into agreements with ultimate recipients.
• Activities funded under the program include direct support to municipalities to bolster their capacity, training and workshops, and developing and sharing asset management knowledge tools with stakeholders.
• This program is scheduled to end on March 31, 2025, with all projects under the Program completed by March 31, 2024.

FUNDING

Program Allocation:		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$110 M		$52.8 M			600+
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$24.2 M	$75.8 M		$9.6 M	$0.4 M		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

• The total funding envelope for the program is $110 million over eight years, with a ninth year for program close-out. The Program was originally established with a $50 million, five-year commitment from Phase 1 of the Investing in Canada Plan, as announced in Budget 2016. Budget 2019 committed an additional $60 million, as well as a three-year extension to the program.
• The additional $60 million from Budget 2019 has been provided to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and the organization is currently developing the implementation plan for the delivery of these incremental funds. They will make this funding available to potential applicants through a request for proposals, which will be announced publicly at a later date.

CURRENT STATUS

• The program has been very well received by the primary stakeholders of the program, which generally consist of local governments and the asset management communities of practice across the country.
• While the many potential outcomes from the program will only be able to be assessed at the end of the program, based on the most recent annual report, the program can already be seen to have achieved results such as:
• 78% of individual program participants have reported a better understanding of asset management;
• 71% of organizations receiving technical assistance have reported improved asset management capacity;
• 84% of individuals receiving technical assistance have reported an increase of their skills through participation in the program;
• 6,963 individual participants have benefited from awareness-building activities; and
• 1,343 municipalities have received technical assistance related to asset management through the program.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada is conducting an evaluation which will assess the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the program. Once completed, the evaluation will be published online.

MUNICIPALITIES FOR CLIMATE INNOVATION PROGRAM

MANDATE

• The Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program is designed to encourage Canadian municipalities to better prepare for and adapt to the new realities of climate change, as well as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

DESCRIPTION

• Launched in February 2017, as with the Municipal Asset Management Program, this program is also delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on behalf of Infrastructure Canada.
• Under this fully-subscribed program, applications were solicited through targeted requests for proposals.
• Projects under the program include direct funding for capital projects and asset management activities such as plans and studies, as well as grants for municipalities to bolster their abilities to integrate climate considerations into their planning processes.
• This program is scheduled to end in 2021-22, with all projects under the program requiring completion by March 31, 2021.

FUNDING

Program Allocation:		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$75 M		$0			324
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$31.5 M	$25.8 M		$17.4 M	$0.4 M		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

• The Program is fully subscribed. The total funding envelope for the program is $75 million over five years, with a sixth year, 2021-22, for program close-out. Of the total funding envelope, approximately $68 million has been budgeted for the program's direct granting initiatives. The balance of the funding has been earmarked for the overhead costs of the program, which include administrative costs and costs to support workshops delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

CURRENT STATUS

• The majority of projects approved under the Program are currently in the implementation phase, with the remaining projects expected to start this current fiscal year.
• The Program has been very well received by the primary stakeholders of the program, which generally consist of local governments and conservation groups across the country. The demand for program funding greatly surpassed the available funding, however.
• Based on the most recent annual report, the program has achieved initial results such as:
• 92% of participants in targeted municipalities have reported an increase in their awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gases, as well as the need to adapt to climate change;
• 84% of responding participants in technical assistance activities have reported an increase in skills related to climate change mitigation and adaptation;
• 88% of surveyed members of the Canadian Asset Management Network have reported an increase in skills related to climate adaptation and integrating climate change considerations into their asset management plans; and
• 254 municipalities were reached by awareness-raising activities.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada will continue its ongoing monitoring of the program through regular Agreement Management Committee meetings to ensure a successful program closeout.
• As well, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities continues to work with successful recipients to flow funding, including final payments, under this program.
• Infrastructure Canada is conducting an evaluation which will assess the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the program. Once completed, the evaluation will be published online.

GREEN MUNICIPAL FUND

MANDATE

• The Green Municipal Fund is administered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to encourage investment in municipal environmental projects by providing grants, loans and loan guarantees.

DESCRIPTION

• The Green Municipal Fund was launched in 2000 to enhance Canadians' quality of life by supporting projects to improve air, water and soil quality and protecting the climate. The Fund was established through an initial endowment from the Government of Canada to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. It is a revolving fund whereby the Federation of Canadian Municipalities must make strategic investments to ensure the fund's sustainability in perpetuity.
• The Green Municipal Fund is overseen by a Council that is composed of one third of members of the Government of Canada, one third from the public, academic, environment and private sectors, and the remaining membership appointed by Federation of Canadian Municipalities' National Board of Directors. Infrastructure Canada, as a signatory to the agreement, provides an official to sit as a member of the Council.
• Although the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is a signatory to the agreement under which the Fund is administered, overall federal leadership with respect to the Fund is provided by Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Infrastructure Canada's role is primarily limited to providing strategic advice via the participation of a departmental official on the Council.
• Potential recipients may apply for funding year-round, though offers on specific funding streams may close once the funding for specific initiatives has been fully allocated.
• Projects are ranked based on technical criteria which is reviewed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' peer review committee prior to being assessed by the Council.
• The Council typically meets ten times annually, with occasional ad hoc meetings being scheduled as required.

FUNDING

• Initially, the Government of Canada endowed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities with a total of $550 million for this initiative through a series of budget decisions from 2000 to 2005. Budget 2016 announced $125 million in additional funding to enhance the Fund.
• More recently, Budget 2019 provided an additional $950 million to support energy efficiency in the built environment through a top-up to the Green Municipal Fund as follows:
• $350 million for Sustainable Affordable Housing Innovation;
• $300 million for Community Ecoefficiency Acceleration to advance home retrofits and innovative financing mechanisms; and
• $300 million to fund Low Carbon Cities Canada and collaborate on Community Climate Action to improve energy efficiency in large buildings.
• The $950 million in additional funding from Budget 2019 has been flowed to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities by Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada
• As a revolving fund, the Government of Canada's endowment is to be managed in a financially sustainable manner as to preserve the invested capital to meet future disbursement requirements. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is therefore responsible for ensuring that the financials of the program, including the interest generated from loans and other investments, as well as the balance of loans and grants to recipients, are carried out in such a way as to ensure the sustainability of the fund in the long-term.

CURRENT STATUS

• The Green Municipal Fund has been one of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' flagship programs since its inception. It is well received by municipalities as it provides funding opportunities for more innovative projects than the public sector will typically fund.
• The program is currently developing a strategy for the implementation of the initiatives tied to the Budget 2019 commitment by the federal government.
• A Performance Audit and Review of the program must be carried out by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities every five years. An audit is currently being finalized and the findings will be brought forward to the Council as appropriate. As per the agreement, the audit will be made public and may also be tabled in Parliament by one of the Ministers who are signatories to the agreement. The previous audit in 2014 found no significant issues.

NEXT STEPS

• The Performance Audit and Review mandated by the agreement with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is currently being finalized. There are no other audits or evaluations planned at this point in time.
• Infrastructure Canada will continue participating on the Council to represent the Government of Canada and provide oversight of the program.

PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AND CLEAN WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND

MANDATE

• Budget 2016 provided funding for two short-term programs: the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund, which is targeted at the rehabilitation and planning of public transit systems, and the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, which is aimed at the rehabilitation, optimization and planning of water and wastewater related infrastructure.
• Both Funds were designed to be short funding programs focused on the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure assets by provinces, territories and municipalities in advance of investments under longer-term funding arrangements in a second phase.

DESCRIPTION

• Both Funds were launched in April 2016.
• The Public Transit Infrastructure Fund was launched as a two-year, $3.4 billion fund to help accelerate municipal investments to support the rehabilitation of transit systems, new capital projects, and planning and studies for future transit expansion to foster long-term transit plans.
• The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund was launched as a two-year, $2 billion fund for projects that contribute to the rehabilitation of both water treatment and distribution infrastructure and existing wastewater and storm water treatment systems; collection and conveyance infrastructure projects; and initiatives that improve asset management, system optimization, and planning for future upgrades to water and wastewater systems.
• Infrastructure Canada entered into contribution agreements with all provinces and territories for the delivery of the programs. Provinces and territories were responsible for identifying projects, in collaboration with municipalities, to be funded under the programs.
• Both Funds are now closed to new applications.
• Infrastructure Canada originally launched both funds with a two-year program implementation horizon. In 2018, the deadline to incur eligible costs was extended to March 31, 2020, due to requests from provinces, territories and municipalities. In June 2019, the department received authorities to further extend the deadline for eligible costs beyond March 31, 2020 for certain projects where there is a demonstrated need. Approval for future extensions could be done on a case-by-case basis.

FUNDING

Public Transit Infrastructure Fund:

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 7		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$3.4 B		$0			1194
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$1.4 B	$1.1 B		$876.6 M	N/A		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

Clean Water and Wastewater Fund:

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 8		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$2.0 B		$0			2390
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$1.1 B	$598 M		$317.5 M	N/A		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

• Unspent funding from the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund will be transferred into the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program's Public Transit funding stream, while unspent funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund will be transferred to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program's Green Infrastructure stream.

CURRENT STATUS

• As of March 31, 2018, no additional projects can be approved under either Fund.

Public Transit Infrastructure Fund:

• A total of 1194 projects with a federal contribution of over $3 billion and total value of over $6.4 billion have been approved. A total of 576 projects have already been successfully completed, which represents 48 percent of approved projects.

Clean Water and Wastewater Fund:

• A total of 2390 projects with a federal contribution of $1.9 billion and total value of over $3.8 billion have been approved. A total of 1222 projects have already been successfully completed, which represents 51 percent of approved projects.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada will continue to work with provinces and territories to identify a list of projects that would need to extend completion deadlines beyond the March 2020 deadline.
• As of November 1, 2019, provinces and territories have submitted lists of projects to the department that should be cancelled, de-scoped or extended. The department is assessing the lists of projects and will present the recommended list to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities for approval.
• Where approved, relevant Contribution Agreements will need to be amended before March 2020 to reflect the program extension.

NEW BUILDING CANADA FUND

MANDATE

• The New Building Canada Fund, now fully committed, provides funding for provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure projects that contribute to economic growth and prosperity, a clean environment, and stronger communities.

DESCRIPTION

• Announced in Budget 2013 and established in 2014, the Fund is comprised of two components:
  the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component and the National Infrastructure Component.

Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component

• This component supports infrastructure projects of national and regional significance that contribute to economic growth, a clean environment and stronger communities. It is composed of two sub-components:
• The National and Regional Projects, which supports medium- to large-scale infrastructure projects across fourteen categories of investment that encourage job creation and economic growth; and
• The Small Communities Fund, which supports infrastructure projects in municipalities with fewer than 100,000 residents.
• Both of these sub-components are delivered through allocations to provinces and territories. Within their allocations, projects are prioritized by provinces and territories before being submitted to Infrastructure Canada for approval.
• In the case of the National and Regional Projects stream, individual contribution agreements are signed directly with eligible recipients for each project. Under the Small Communities Fund, a single funding agreement was signed between Infrastructure Canada and each province and territory, with the provinces and territories being responsible for entering into contribution agreements with the ultimate recipient of each project.

National Infrastructure Component

• This component supports projects of national significance that have broad public benefits with strong impacts on economic growth and productivity.
• Projects supported through this component will help to achieve one or more of the following objectives: generating or facilitating incremental economic activity; reducing potential economic disruptions or foregone economic activity; generating productivity gains for the Canadian economy; and, providing benefits that extend beyond the provinces or territories where the project would be located.
• Funding is awarded on a merit basis. Projects are submitted by proponents to Infrastructure Canada for approval. For projects selected for funding, the department enters into contribution agreements with recipients.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 9		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$12.8 B		$0			1261
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$1.7 B	$1.6 B		$1.9 B	$2.2 B		$1.8 B
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$1.7 B	$819.7 M		$686.2 M	$226 M		$151.4 M

CURRENT STATUS

• All funding available for projects under these programs has been committed, and the department is no longer accepting additional applications.
• This program is scheduled to end in 2027-2028.

Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - National Regional Projects

• A total of 286 projects with a federal contribution of $8.5 billion and total value of over $22 billion have been approved. A total of 48 projects have already been successfully completed, which represents 17 percent of approved projects.
• The largest categories of investment under this sub-component were highway and road projects and public transit projects.

Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities Fund

• A total of 966 projects with a federal contribution of $1.48 billion and total value of over $3.5 billion have been approved. A total of 321 projects have already been successfully completed, which represents 33 percent of approved projects.
• The largest categories of investment under this sub-component were highway and road projects and wastewater projects.

National Infrastructure Component

• A total of 9 projects with a federal contribution of $1.6 billion and total value of over $4.35 billion have been approved. No projects have been completed to date.
• The largest categories of investment under this component were highways and road projects and marine projects.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada is conducting an evaluation which will assess the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the program. Once completed, the evaluation will be published online.

P3 CANADA FUND

MANDATE

• The P3 Canada Fund was created to advance the public-private partnership procurement (P3) model by provinces, territories, municipalities, and First Nations in Canada.
• P3s are forms of alternative financing structures whereby governments enter into long term contracts to design, build, finance and operate and maintain (DBFOM) infrastructure of various types. Typically, governments pay the private consortium upon delivery of the asset and for making the project available over the lifespan of the asset.

DESCRIPTION

• The fully-committed P3 Canada Fund was launched in 2009 and designed to encourage inexperienced provinces, territories, municipalities and First Nations to consider P3s in public infrastructure procurements. It was the first infrastructure funding program, anywhere in Canada, that directly targeted P3s.
• The effective use of P3s, where appropriate, can improve the delivery of public infrastructure and provide better value, timeliness and accountability.
• The Fund was administered by the former Crown Corporation, PPP Canada Inc., that was dissolved at the end of March 2018 upon fulfilling its mandate, to support the development of a strong P3 market across Canada. There are now about 280 active projects, built or in process in Canada.
• Upon dissolution of PPP Canada the financial agreements for the Fund's portfolio of 24 projects were novated to the Government of Canada. Responsibility for these agreements rests with Infrastructure Canada for payment and long term support to the project proponents and government partners.
• Due to the long-term nature of the P3 model, the Fund was designed with longer-term financial agreements with recipients to monitor the project through construction and into operations and maintenance.
• The last payments under the Fund are expected in 2022-2023. Ongoing management of the program, as required by the project specific financial agreements, will end in 2047-48, 25 years after the last payment is issued.
• Infrastructure Canada is responsible for these projects and has retained appropriate project finance expertise to execute the mandate and develop synergies with Canada Infrastructure Bank projects, which represent the next evolution in P3s that involve more revenue generating and different types of contracts although still types of public-private partnerships.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 10		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved:
$1.4 B		$0			25
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20Footnote 11	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$114.2 M	$344.6 M		$303.3 M	$0		$53.3 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

• The P3 Canada Fund has been fully committed with more than $650 million still to be paid to recipients. The timing and flow of funding to recipients is linked to the completion of construction milestones.

CURRENT STATUS

• The Saint John Clean Safe Drinking Water Treatment Facility project reached substantial completion in June 2019. Infrastructure Canada anticipates two more projects to reach substantial completion in the fiscal year of 2019-20.

NEXT STEPS

• Infrastructure Canada staff will continue to support and monitor the long term contracts for the novated projects under the Fund. The Department continues the research and advocacy of promoting P3s as alternative finance models, including the new model advanced by the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

ANNEX A: LIST OF PROJECTS

P3 Canada Fund Project List
Under Construction:
Edmonton Light Rail Transit System
Hamilton Biosolids Facility
SW Transit Way and Pembina Highway Underpass
Regina Bypass Road
Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road Project
Biosolids Waste Energy Centre (Capital Region District) Victoria
Unannounced Project
Substantially Complete:
Stoney Natural Gas Bus Maintenance Facility*
Saint John Water Treatment Facility*
Chief Peguis Trail Extension (Road)
Evan Thomas Water/Wastewater plant
Sudbury Biosolids Waste Management Facility
BC Eastside Housing Social Housing
North Saskatchewan River Bridge NEAHD Road
Lincoln Station – Coquitlam Transit Station on Evergreen Line
Barrie Transit Maintenance Facility
Lac La Biche Wastewater Facility
Kokish River Hydroelectric Project
Regina Wastewater Facility
Saskatoon Civic Operations Centre
Go Transit East Rail Maintenance Facility
Iqaluit International Airport Improvement Project
Surrey Biofuels Waste Facility
North Commuter Parkway (road) and Traffic Bridge
Project not novated (DBF contract completed – no outstanding financial obligation)
AMT Lachine Transit Maintenance Facility

*Substantially complete but still have a financial obligation.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

MANDATE

• The Green Infrastructure Fund, announced in Budget 2009, supports environmental infrastructure projects that promote reduced greenhouse gas emissions and cleaner air, water, and land, leading to a more sustainable economy over the long term.

DESCRIPTION

• The fully-committed Fund supports investments in wastewater infrastructure, green energy generation and transmission infrastructure, solid waste infrastructure, and carbon transmission and storage infrastructure, which improve the quality of the environment and lead to a more sustainable economy over the long term.
• The Fund was established in 2009-2010 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2027-2028.
• It is a merit based program under which projects were submitted by proponents to Infrastructure Canada for approval. For projects selected for funding, the department entered into contribution agreements with recipients.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 12		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$743.9 M		$0			19
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$454.6 M	$20.2 M		$29.1 M	$40.9 M		$42.2 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$42 M	$32 M		$32 M	$30.6 M		$20.7 M

CURRENT STATUS

• A total of 19 projects with a federal contribution of $713.5 million and total value of over $2.3 billion were approved. A total of 9 projects have been successfully completed so far, which represents 47 percent of approved projects.
• The largest categories of investment fall under wastewater projects and green energy projects.

NEXT STEPS

• This program provides funding for large and/or complex projects, which may require adjustments from time to time (e.g., due to scheduling delays).
• Infrastructure Canada continues to work with recipients to close out projects, including flowing final payments.

BUILDING CANADA FUND

MANDATE

• The Building Canada Fund, now fully committed, supports public infrastructure development through investments in the large-scale projects such as the core National Highway System, public transit and green energy, and small-scale municipal projects such as cultural and sport facilities.

DESCRIPTION

• Announced in Budget 2007, the Fund was allocated across provinces on a per capita basis.
• It includes three components in all provinces:
• The Major Infrastructure Component, which was established in 2007-2008 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2024-2025;
• The Communities Component, which was established in 2009-2010 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2020-2021; and
• The National Infrastructure Knowledge Component, which was established in 2007-2008 and was wrapped up in 2014-2015.
• In Québec, the Fund also includes the $200 million Large Urban Centres Component, which was established in 2009-2010 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2020-2021, but may require an extension to March 31, 2028 to allow for key projects in several municipalities to be finalized.  

Major Infrastructure Component

• The Major Infrastructure Component supports large-scale, strategic infrastructure projects in the provinces. At least two-thirds of the funding is targeted to national priorities that significantly improve the lives of Canadians: water, wastewater, public transit, the core National Highway System, and green energy.
• Projects were prioritized by provinces before being submitted for approval. Individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients for each project.
• Infrastructure Canada and Transport Canada work together to deliver this program.

Communities Component

• The Communities Component supports infrastructure projects in communities with fewer than 100,000 residents. Projects can include the construction, renewal, and enhancement of basic infrastructure such as potable water, wastewater treatment, local roads, and other infrastructure needs of small communities.
• Projects were prioritized by provinces before being submitted for approval. Individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients for each project.
• Infrastructure Canada works with Canada's regional development agencies (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and Western Economic Diversification) to deliver these projects.

National Infrastructure Knowledge Component

• The National Infrastructure Knowledge Component supported feasibility and planning studies on public infrastructure projects. It also supported the development and sharing of knowledge and research on infrastructure issues and projects to support policy design, program and project development, effective performance monitoring, and evaluation.
• All proposals for funding were submitted to and reviewed by Infrastructure Canada and individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients.

Large Urban Centres Component

• In Québec, the Large Urban Centres Component was designed to help Québec's nine big cities to meet urgent infrastructure needs. Projects were prioritized by the province before being submitted for approval. Individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients for each project.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 13		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$7.8 B		$0			1186
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$6.3 B	$558.5 M		$283.5 M	$164.7 M		$126.4 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$119.9 M	$20.7 M		N/A	N/A		N/A

CURRENT STATUS

• All funding under these programs has been committed and no new applications are being accepted.

Major Infrastructure Component

• A total of 201 projects with a federal contribution of $6.6 billion and total value of over $19.6 billion have been approved. A total of 162 projects have already been successfully completed, which represents 81 percent of the approved projects.
• The largest categories of investment fall under highway and road projects and public transit projects.

Communities Component/Large Urban Centres Component 

• A total of 980 projects with a federal contribution of $1.2 billion and a total value of over $3.7 billion have been approved. A total of 950 projects have been successfully implemented, which represents 97 percent of the approved projects.
• The largest categories of investment fall under wastewater and drinking water projects.

National Infrastructure Knowledge Component/Research and Planning Component

• A total of 5 projects with a federal contribution of $1 million and a total value of over $6.6 million have been approved and successfully implemented.
• The largest category of investments fell under the Capacity Building category.

NEXT STEPS

• These programs provide funding for large and/or complex projects, which may require adjustments from time to time (e.g., due to scheduling delays).
• In cooperation with other federal delivery partners, Infrastructure Canada continues to work with recipients to complete projects, including flowing final payments.

BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AND CANADA STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

MANDATE

• The Border Infrastructure Fund has contributed to the free flow of people and goods across Canada's borders. It has increased the rate of crossing for low-risk traffic while ensuring security is not comprised.
• The Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund has contributed to economic performance and/or urban development through tourism, improvement in the quality of life and socio-economic opportunities in the North, and to innovation through improved connectivity.

DESCRIPTION

• These are Infrastructure Canada's first two funding programs, with funding that has long been fully committed.

Border Infrastructure Fund

• The Fund provides funding for investments in physical infrastructure, such as access roads, commercial vehicle processing centers, intelligent transportation systems, and highways, which contribute to the free flow of people and goods across Canada's borders.
• It was announced in Budget 2001, established in 2003-2004, and is scheduled to wrap up in 2019-2020.
• The Fund is a merit based program. Projects were submitted by proponents for approval. Individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients for each project.
• Infrastructure Canada works with Transport Canada to deliver these projects.

Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

• The Fund provides funding for investments in large-scale strategic infrastructure projects that result in safe and efficient highway and rail, increased tourism, improved access to clean and safe water in communities, and increase online access, contributing to economic growth and improved quality of life.
• It was announced in Budget 2001, established in 2002-2003 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2020-2021.
• The Fund is a merit based program. Projects were submitted by proponents for approval. Individual contribution agreements were signed directly with eligible recipients for each project.
• Infrastructure Canada works with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Transport Canada and Canada's regional development agencies to deliver these projects.

FUNDING

Border Infrastructure Fund:

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 14		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$592 M		$0			12
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$575.9 M	$16.3 M		N/A	N/A		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund:

Project Funding Envelope:Footnote 15		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$4.7 B		$0			91
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$4.6 B	$31.2 M		$5.2 M	N/A		N/A
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

CURRENT STATUS

• All funding under these programs has been committed and no new applications are being accepted.

Border Infrastructure Fund

• A total of 12 projects with a federal contribution of $592 million and total value of over $1.3 billion, were approved. Three projects remain to be completed and are being delivered by Transport Canada.

Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

• A total of 91 projects with a federal contribution of $4.7 billion and total value of over $12.4 billion, have been approved. A total of 78 projects have been successfully completed, which represents 86 percent of the approved projects.
• Major projects funded under the Fund include the Canada line rail rapid transit system, GO Transit Barrie line Improvements, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, and a Toronto Transit Commission project.

NEXT STEPS

• These programs provide funding for large and/or complex projects, which may require adjustments from time to time (e.g., due to scheduling delays).
• In collaboration with other federal delivery partners, Infrastructure Canada is working with recipients to complete projects, including flowing final payments.

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE

MANDATE

• The Research and Knowledge Initiative aims to build external capacity to enhance the evidence base and strengthen knowledge on infrastructure and communities in Canada.

DESCRIPTION

• The Initiative is a merit-based contribution funding program designed to fund research and data projects that generate new knowledge, advance thinking on key issues, and disseminate data and research outcomes broadly to infrastructure stakeholders so as to support evidence-based decision-making.
• The program is designed to build data and research capacity across a wide range of infrastructure-related areas. The first competitive call will solicit proposals for projects that explore the linkages between public transit investment and social/community benefits.
• [redacted]
• Generally, projects will be solicited competitively through open calls for proposals. However, the program terms and conditions do allow for targeted calls, as well as consideration of unsolicited proposals, when an open call approach has not yielded sufficient quantity and quality of project proposals. Final selection of project proposals that meet the programs requirements is made by the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

FUNDING

Project Funding Envelope:		Funding Still Available:			Projects Approved and Announced:
$10 M		$7 M			1
Funding Profile:
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22		2022-23
$0	$2 M		$2.5 M	$2.3 M		$1.8 M
2023-24	2024-25		2025-26	2026-27		2027-28
$1.5 M	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A

• The Initiative has $10 million in funding over five years.

CURRENT STATUS

• The Initiative has funded the Data for Canadian Cities Pilot Project ($3 million over three years), being implemented by the World Council on City Data. This project will see the adoption of a recognized data standard in fifteen cities across Canada that measures municipal performance, including delivery of city services and quality of life. The pilot project aims to improve municipal data capacity through use of standardized data that will enable benchmarking among participating cities in Canada and worldwide. 
• In addition, an open and competitive call for proposals is planned for 2020. This will be an opportunity to enable projects to convene thought-leaders and stakeholders, build multi-sectoral partnerships, and generate outcomes that support better decision-making on infrastructure and community building issues across Canada.
• An additional $15 million remains in the fiscal framework for a program to support data and research capacity building, consistent with the department's overall strategy in this area. [redacted]

NEXT STEPS

• An open and competitive call is planned for 2020.

CLIMATE-RESILIENT BUILDINGS ANDCORE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE

MANDATE

• The Climate-Resilient Buildings and Core Public Infrastructure Initiative aims to support the rehabilitation and design of new buildings and public infrastructure to ensure their performance under the impacts of climate change.

DESCRIPTION

• Infrastructure Canada is providing funding to the National Research Council to deliver this five year initiative. The National Research Council is developing data, guidelines, standards, and specifications to inform potential changes to building codes in Canada.
• Canada's building codes have been developed using climate data that is decades out of date. To keep pace with the realities presented by a changing climate, such as extreme weather, they need to be updated. 
• This program began in 2016 and is scheduled to end in March 2021.

FUNDING

• Infrastructure Canada is providing $42.5 million over 5 years (2016-2021) to the National Research Council.

CURRENT STATUS

• Work has been completed or is ongoing in many projects:
• 28 sections of the National Master Specification have been updated to include new requirements for climate resilience of buildings;
• Updates have been made to the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code and the 2020 National Building Code;
• Four new CSA standards related to flooding have been published;
• A National Wildland Urban Interface Guide/Code is in development;
• Three new standards on resilient buildings have been completed, and progress has been made on developing guidelines for the prevention of overheating in buildings;
• Research is being done on the impacts of climate change on flexible road performance, semi-rigid pavements, and the effect of temperature on light rail tracks;
• Three major projects were launched to develop guidance for storm sewers, water supply systems, and sanitary sewer systems in a changing climate; and
• A framework for integrating climate change impacts into lifecycle assessments is being developed and a National Life Cycle Inventory database is being developed.

NEXT STEPS

• The primary area of focus going forward is to increase awareness of the new guidelines, standards, and codes to improve their adoption by provinces, territories and communities across Canada.

INFRASTRUCTURE DATA INITIATIVES

MANDATE

• Infrastructure Canada seeks to enable the use of data and research in decision-making and to cultivate innovative ideas and practices. As such, the department has been working to improve the availability of infrastructure-related data and analysis to help support a more evidence- and results-based approach to infrastructure programming.

DESCRIPTION

• Data and evidence are the basis for making sound investments in infrastructure. Understanding the state and condition of infrastructure assets supports decision-makers in prioritizing investments and understanding their benefits.
• Initial activity has focused on the development of baseline data for measuring the state and condition of public infrastructure as well as the public and private economic contributions of infrastructure construction in Canada.

FUNDING

• Infrastructure Canada has been allocated $25 million in funding over 10 years for data. Currently, nearly $8.5 million has been committed between 2016-17 and 2019-20, with much of this funding associated with our data work with Statistics Canada.

CURRENT STATUS

• Infrastructure Canada is working in collaboration with Statistics Canada and other organizations to ensure the provision of high quality, timely, and nationally consistent data that is available to all levels of government.
• Infrastructure Canada also continues to develop and enhance tools and analytical systems to measure and assess public and private infrastructure in Canada.
• Canada's Core Public Infrastructure (CCPI) survey examined the stock, condition and performance of Canada's publicly-owned infrastructure assets in 2016. The results of this survey were released in 2018 and are being used by academia.
• The 2018 CCPI survey will be launched by Statistics Canada in the fall of 2019. In order to ensure success, survey work included significant engagement with key stakeholders, such as provinces and territories, in order to ensure greater buy-in to the survey results going forward.
• The Infrastructure Economic Account (INFEA) provides data that quantifies the economic contribution of the construction of public and private infrastructure in the Canadian economy. INFEA measures the impact of infrastructure investment on the economy, environment and society to provide comparable national and sub-national infrastructure statistics. 
• The first phase focuses on economic indicators, including the growth in infrastructure investment, the link between infrastructure capital investment and economic growth and jobs directly and indirectly related to infrastructure construction.
• Future phases will build in environmental and social indicators, including greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the construction of infrastructure, and social indicators on infrastructure accessibility and proximity indicators.
• The enhanced Capital and Repair Expenditures (CAPEX) survey, which will allow Infrastructure Canada to answer questions regarding the level of infrastructure investment made by various levels of government, in both the private and public sectors.
• The enhanced CAPEX survey was launched by Statistics Canada in 2019 and results will be available in early 2020.

NEXT STEPS

• The 2018 CCPI survey will be launched by Statistics Canada in the fall of 2019.
• The enhanced CAPEX survey was launched by Statistics Canada in 2019 and results will be available in early 2020.

GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PROJECT

MANDATE

• The Gordie Howe International Bridge Project is a nation-building project that will provide redundancy at Canada's busiest surface trade corridor with the U.S. It will also provide additional capacity to accommodate future traffic growth, increase trade, and create thousands of jobs and long-term economic opportunities in Canada and the United States.

DESCRIPTION

• The Gordie Howe International Bridge Project is located between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. The bridge and ports of entry, which are currently under construction, will be jointly owned by the Government of Canada and the State of Michigan.
• In 2012, Canada and Michigan entered into a Crossing Agreement to establish a new international crossing at the Canada/U.S. border between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan through a public-private partnership.
• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is the Crown Corporation responsible for the delivery of the crossing. It was created by Letters Patent pursuant to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act and is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
• The Project will consist of four components: a six-lane cable-stayed bridge between Windsor and Detroit; a Canadian Port of Entry; a U.S. Port of Entry; and an interchange connecting the U.S. Port of Entry to Interstate 75 (I-75).
• The Project is being delivered through a public-private partnership. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority has entered into a contract with a private-sector partner responsible to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the four components. However, Michigan will be responsible for the I-75 Interchange once completed.
• The private-sector partner, Bridging North America, is a consortium made up of ACS Infrastructure Canada INC., Dragados Canada Inc., Fluor Canada Ltd., AECON, AECOM, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Carlos Fernandez Casado and FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores, S.A., Moriyama & Teshima, Smith-Miller+Hawkinson Architects.
• A robust project governance and reporting regime is in place during the construction phase to oversee construction. The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is required to provide Quarterly Reports to the President of the Treasury Board.
• The Crossing Agreement established an International Authority as a joint Canada-Michigan governance entity to monitor and oversee compliance with the Crossing Agreement and Project Agreement with the private-sector partner.
• The Project is located on the Traditional Territory of Walpole Island First Nation and they have potential treaty rights to hunt, fish and trap in this area. As such, the Crown has a legal duty to consult and, where appropriate, to accommodate. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority maintains outreach with two local Indigenous groups, Walpole Island First Nation and Caldwell First Nation, which have expressed interest in the Project.
• In August 2017, the Government of Canada gave conditional approval to the Canadian Transit Company's application to build a replacement six-lane international bridge immediately west of the existing Ambassador Bridge. The conditions of the approval include dismantling the existing bridge once the replacement bridge opens.
• The owner of the Ambassador Bridge is currently involved in active litigation against the State of Michigan aimed at blocking the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project, which is currently before the Michigan Court of Appeal.
• Completion of the Project is expected to occur in December 2024. It will be followed by a 30 year concession period, which will be managed by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.

FUNDING

• On September 28, 2018, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority announced the signature of a $5.7 billion contract, or "Project Agreement" with Bridging North America to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the crossing throughout the 30-year concession period.
• The Government of Canada is funding the project with costs to be recouped from future toll revenue. Michigan will only begin receiving toll revenue from the operation of the crossing once all costs related to the project have been recouped by Canada.

CURRENT STATUS

• The construction phase officially began in October 2018 and the crossing is expected to be open to traffic by the end of 2024. Current activities focus on design, utilities relocations, as well as geotechnical, foundational and other preparatory work. All properties needed for the project have been acquired on the Canadian side (by Infrastructure Canada) while less than 1% remain to be acquired on the U.S. side, which the Michigan Department of Transportation is responsible for, with all costs paid for by Canada.
• Infrastructure Canada is responsible for supporting the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority as it advances construction, including to ensure the Project continues to comply with government direction, including duty to consult, and with the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement.
• On May 2, 2019, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and the Governor of Michigan issued a joint statement highlighting Canada and Michigan's strong commitment to the Project.
• On June 14, 2019, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and Bridging North America unveiled a comprehensive and robust Community Benefits Plan for the Project which will be delivered by Bridging North America over the course of the construction phase. The Community Benefits Plan has a workforce development component with employment, training, and educational opportunities, as well as a neighbourhood infrastructure component that will make aesthetic and functional improvements to local communities. 

NEXT STEPS

• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority will continue to provide regular updates throughout the construction phase of the Project with key updates such as design and construction progress, contract management, risk mitigation, use of contingency, property acquisition, and stakeholder relations. [redacted]

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

MANDATE

• The Samuel De Champlain Bridge is located in Montréal, Québec. The Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor Project, one of the largest infrastructure projects in North America, consists of a new bridge crossing the St. Lawrence, a new Île-des-Sœurs Bridge, and reconstruction and widening of the federal portion of Autoroute 15. The new Samuel De Champlain Bridge, which opened to traffic earlier this year, replaces one of the busiest bridges in Canada that carried approximately $20 billion in international trade per year. The adjacent corridor provides a crucial commuter and commercial link to the Montréal area, the province of Québec, and to Canada's economy.

DESCRIPTION

• The new Samuel De Champlain Bridge fully opened to traffic on July 1, 2019. The Île-des-Sœurs Bridge officially opened to traffic in both directions on November 12, 2018. The rest of the project will be complete in late 2019.
• An integrated project team is in place to manage this project, including Infrastructure Canada, which is responsible for the delivery of the project, Public Services and Procurement Canada as contracting authority, and Justice Canada as legal advisor.
• The project is being delivered through a public-private partnership (P3).
• In June 2015, a contract (Project Agreement) was signed between the Government of Canada and Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group, a consortium of companies led by SNC Lavalin, ACS, and Hochtief.
• In July 2016, the Government of Québec confirmed that a light rail transit system under the authority of CDPQ Infra, the Réseau express métropolitain, would use the new bridge's dedicated transit corridor.
• From the outset of the project, the Government of Canada implemented rigorous quality control and oversight mechanisms and has closely monitored construction to ensure the contract's requirements are met. This rigorous oversight will help ensure the bridge's safe and efficient operation for the next 125 years.
• Infrastructure Canada has worked closely with a wide variety of stakeholders on the project. Stakeholders including the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group, the Government of Québec, the Cities of Montréal and Brossard, CDPQ Infra, Vélo Québec, local and regional transportation organizations, and the general public (for example, through good neighborly relations committees through which local communities were advised and consulted on the project).

FUNDING

• On June 19, 2015, the Government of Canada announced that the total cost of the project would be $4.239 billion. From this amount, the initial contract between the Government of Canada and the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group is valued at $3.977 billion and covers the construction period as well as a 30-year operation, maintenance and rehabilitation period.
• The Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group will receive an additional $235 million as per a settlement agreement announced on April 13, 2018 to resolve claims related to the transport of heavy material to the site.
• The Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group will also receive an additional $33.6 million for changes and unforeseen events that Canada has a legal obligation to pay under the contractual agreement.

CURRENT STATUS

• The  Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to traffic in two phases on June 24 and July 1, 2019.
• Although the substantial completion date for the corridor was set for October 31, 2019, construction is expected to continue past that date, with outstanding components brought online over the next several months.
• Claims submitted by the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group as a result of events which occurred during construction, such as a crane operators strike, are still outstanding. The contract includes various mechanisms under the dispute resolution procedure through which these claims can be settled but there is still a risk that some claims could end up in court. Experts retained by Infrastructure Canada are in the process of completing a retrospective analysis, which will help determine the impacts of various events on the project schedule.
• While construction continues on the corridor, the project has entered a "transition period," from the opening of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge to the period where operation and maintenance activities have stabilized.
• Implementation of the Réseau express métropolitain in the central corridor will require close, ongoing collaboration between Infrastructure Canada, CDPQ Infra, and the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group.
• Planning for the deconstruction of the former Champlain Bridge is underway by the Jacques Cartier Champlain Bridges Incorporated, which is a Crown Corporation within the Infrastructure Canada portfolio.

NEXT STEPS

• Construction on the highway connections are due to be completed in fall 2019.
• The full operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation phase of the project is expected to begin upon substantial completion of the corridorand will run until 2049 as outlined in the contract.
• Work with the CDPQ Infra and the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group on Réseau express métropolitain implementation will continue well into 2021-22.

CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

MANDATE

• The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is a Crown corporation with a mandate to use federal support to attract private sector and institutional investment into new, revenue-generating infrastructure projects.
• The CIB provides advisory and capacity building support to governments on large, complex projects involving the private sector, and demonstrates how revenue models and user pricing can be used to help crowd in private capital to make public dollars go further.

DESCRIPTION

• Operational since late 2017, the CIB has a commercially-oriented mandate in structuring and managing investments and providing advice through its investment and advisory business lines. The CIB is establishing itself as a centre of expertise on complex public-private transactions. The CIB is also building up data and information capacity to support more evidence based decision making and planning, particularly around what models are best for particular assets.
• The Government of Canada has designed the CIB as a Crown corporation to operate at arm's length with a board of directors, allowing it to act more commercially, like a merchant or investment bank in executing transactions. The Board approves investment terms, pricing, and structures on projects that can be executed. The Government has a role in setting priorities and the early review of the CIB's determination of projects that are in the public interest.
• The CIB will focus its investments in key priority areas:
• Public transit;
• Trade and transportation corridors;
• Green infrastructure; and
• Broadband.
• The CIB uses financial instruments including loans, equity, and, where appropriate, loan guarantees to deliver federal support to projects in the public interest to make them commercially viable and crowd-in private investment.
• With most public infrastructure in Canada funded from general tax revenues, the CIB was designed to help reduce the fiscal pressure on governments by advancing more user and beneficiary pricing models to fund infrastructure so that more private investment can be brought into longer term, public oriented projects.
• The CIB model provides an alternative to traditional contribution funding as well as traditional public-private partnerships (P3s), both of which are based on public funding of infrastructure. This new partnership model allows for projects that produce revenue to cover all or part of asset construction or operation to use that revenue to fund the asset in place of government funding.
• Projects that have revenue attached to them create business models that allow for the private sector to invest in projects and absorb more risk as well as create opportunities to invest equity as well as debt into projects.
• The CIB model allows the private sector to assume additional risks, beyond construction, to usage or revenue, thereby relating financial returns to project usage and revenue risk. The model aims to crowd-in and mobilize private and institutional capital, encouraging a deeper relationship and the potential for joint ownership of assets with the private sector.
• There are already projects that produce revenue such as certain roads, bridges, water treatment facilities, or public transit that now could be structured differently with more innovative financing to allow more infrastructure to be built without the same burden on taxpayers.

FUNDING

Total Funding Envelope of Program		Total Investment Commitments for Projects:		Total Number of Project Investment Commitments:
$35 B		$3.3 B		3
Flow of Funding (Federal Funding Profile*):
Prior to 2019-20	2019-20		2020-21	2021-22
$563.6 M	$1.6 B		$3.3 B	$4.0 B
2022-23	2023-24		2024-25 to 2027-28
$4.1 B	$4.1 B		$17.5 B

*refers to anticipated funding profiles in future years and includes operating and capital budgets.

CIB Funding

CIB Funding	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	Total
CIB Accrual	$11,366,000	$63,879,000	$516,933,000	$1,304,098,000	$1,781,063,000	$1,778,433,000	$1,713,658,000	$1,955,017,500	$1,955,017,500	$1,955,017,500	$1,955,017,500	$14,989,500,000
CIB Cash	$-	$486,869,000	$996,463,000	$1,916,962,000	$2,218,958,000	$2,221,588,000	$2,286,363,000	$3,054,773,224	$2,619,531,063	$1,949,790,356	$1,949,790,356	$19,701,088,000
												$34,690,588,000

• As part of the Investing in Canada Plan, the CIB will invest $35 billion over 11 years. Of this funding envelope, $15 billion is to be used to catalyse innovative approaches to infrastructure funding as concessional financing, or under-market lending or potential risk capital, to bring governments and private investors together on projects suited for these types of partnerships, including revenue models. 
• The CIB's funds have been profiled in the fiscal framework over five years.
• Treasury Board approves the CIB's annual operating and capital budgets.
• As the CIB is legislatively appropriated, the CIB's appropriations are held in the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the CIB requests drawdowns from the Department of Finance as required for its operating and capital needs.
• The nature of the CIB's financial transactions are complicated and may be long-term or involve complex due diligence, and a mix of public grant capital as well as investment capital depending on the project.
• The objective is for less public money to be used to build new infrastructure and to leverage or deploy new revenue models where it makes sense for beneficiaries to pay more of the costs, thus relieving the burden on taxpayers.
• Bringing private partners into structures will bring capital as well as expertise to build and maintain projects, promote innovation and efficiency through appropriate risk sharing, and transfer risk to the private sector.

CURRENT STATUS

• The CIB is operational across Canada with headquarters in Toronto. It currently has a staff of about 45 people, and continues to grow as it expands its business lines. The CIB is further advanced in its investment business line buildout then its advisory and data and information roles. Its business lines are meant to be mutually reinforcing to advise, inform, and invest.
• To date, the CIB's total capital commitments for projects is approximately $3.3 billion. This includes:
• $1.283 billion for Réseau express métropolitain;
• $2 billion for the GO Expansion On Corridor project; and
• up to $20 million for the Mapleton Water and Wastewater project.
• The CIB has also committed to provide $55 million over two years for a joint project office with VIA Rail to undertake due diligence and advisory work for the High Frequency Rail project, with $15 million of this coming out of its 2019-20 operating budget.
• The CIB has been engaged in other potential projects but the long term financial commitments have not yet been determined. Many large, complex projects take time to evolve with long lead times in planning.  

NEXT STEPS

• There is one vacant director position on the CIB Board, and two terms ending in November 2019.
• Work is underway to streamline the project review process with the Government regarding CIB proposed projects through its Corporate Plan.

ANNEX A: INVESTMENT AND ADVISORY COMMITMENTS

Réseau Express Métropolitain (Montréal, QC; Total Cost: $6.3 billion; CIB Investment: $1.283 billion)

• The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project involves construction of a new automated light-rail train network serving the greater Montréal area. It will include 26 stations and span 67 km of tracks, almost doubling the current metro network, which is 71 km long.
• In February 2019, the CIB announced its investment commitment of $1.283 billion to the project in the form of debt.
• To date, the CIB has paid $779 million for REM payments.
• The project is currently under construction. The estimated construction completion date is summer 2021.

GO Expansion – On Corridor (Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, ON; Total Cost: $16.8 billion; CIB Investment: $2 billion)

• The GO Expansion – On Corridor project will extend frequent two-way all-day service across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It represents the largest infrastructure program ever undertaken by the Government of Ontario.
• In June 2019, the CIB announced its investment commitment of up to $2 billion to the project in the form of debt, which will be structured as stapled financing to replace the provincial funding. The actual amount of full financing is unknown until financial close.
• The project is currently in procurement. The estimated construction completion date is 2028.

Mapleton Water and Wastewater (Mapleton, ON; Total Cost: $15-30 million; CIB Investment: $20 million)

• The Township of Mapleton is procuring a partner to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the municipality's new and existing water and wastewater infrastructure for up to 20 years.
• In July 2019, the CIB made an investment commitment of up to $20 million to the project in the form of debt. This is a pilot project for the CIB to demonstrate new models for structuring, financing and bundling smaller municipal water and wastewater projects.
• The project is currently in procurement. The construction timeline is to be finalized.

VIA Rail High Frequency Rail (ON & QC; Total Cost: $6 billion, CIB Advisory Commitment: $55 million)

• The proposed High Frequency Rail (HFR) project involves building dedicated passenger tracks along the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City corridor and purchasing new trains to provide service along the route.
• In June 2019, the CIB publicly announced its partnership with VIA Rail and Government of Canada to establish a Joint Project Office to undertake de-risking activities for the VIA Rail HFR project. As part of the initiative, the CIB will provide $55 million to support the project's due diligence, financial advisory services and help fully develop the proposed project's scope of work. Potential future CIB investment in the project will depend on the project's alignment with the CIB mandate.
• The project is currently in the planning stage.

Lulu Island District Energy (Richmond, BC; Total Cost: TBD; CIB Advisory)

• The proposed project involves expanding the City of Richmond's current district energy systems from 3.6 million sq. ft. to more than 4.7 million sq. ft. over time.
• In August 2019, the CIB publicly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lulu Island Energy Company.
• The project is currently at planning stage.

Contrecoeur Port Expansion (Montréal, QC; Total Cost: TBD; CIB Advisory)

• The proposed project involves the construction of a 1.15M TEU container terminal on Montreal Port Authority land in Contrecoeur.
• In August 2019, the CIB publicly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Montreal Port Authority.
• The project is currently waiting for permits with an estimated construction start of 2020.

Taltson Hydroelectricity Expansion (Northwest Territories; Total Cost: TBD; CIB Advisory)

• The Government of Northwest Territories has two isolated electricity transmission systems to service the North Slave (Snare Grid) and South Slave (Taltson Grid) regions.
• The Government of Northwest Territories plans to expand the existing Taltson generating station by constructing a new 60 megawatt, clean energy hydroelectric facility and 270 kilometres of transmission lines to connect the two electrical systems.
• The CIB announced their advisory services engagement on the proposed Taltson Hydroelectricity Expansion Project.
• The CIB will assist the Government of Northwest Territories in developing the project's financial structure and business case.

TORONTO WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE

MANDATE

• The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative is designed to jointly develop a major piece of undeveloped or underdeveloped property in Canada, with sufficient challenges and shared interests that warrants close coordination among the city, province and federal governments.
• The Waterfront Toronto Corporation was created in 2001 as an independent legal entity under the Ontario Business Corporations Act with the objective of supporting revitalization efforts.  The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is the designated representative for Canada and appoints four board members, and the department provides support and coordination with other government partners. 

DESCRIPTION

• Waterfront Toronto allows three orders of government to work together to foster innovative approaches to waterfront revitalization, where each government has overlapping interests. Recent projects and development over past decade has used both traditional infrastructure funding as well as alternative financing and private sector partnerships to advance commercial and community projects.
• Two major new projects are currently underway, namely the smaller but high profile Quayside project with Sidewalk Labs, as well as one of North America's largest urban civil works programs to remediate and provide flood protection to the wider port lands.
• The 12-acre waterfront site is targeted to focus of ways to explore and test scalable ways of bringing together technology, planning and smart city development to address pressing urban challenges and seize economic opportunities. Beyond Quayside, unlocking the future value of the wider Port Lands and surrounding geography is expected to attract new private and public investment, allowing for the redevelopment of a vital part of the city.
• Tri-government funding of over $1 billion for flood mitigation and land reclamation around the 880 acre Port Lands area, for example, is transforming and de-risking underutilized, industrialized lands into public and green space, while providing upgrades to critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges and water systems.
• The increasingly integrated nature of building next generation communities raise implications not previously associated with traditional infrastructure and urban development, including but not limited to privacy and data governance.
• As non-traditional, future-oriented infrastructure initiatives continue to emerge, Infrastructure Canada can play an important role in building a cohesive cross-federal government approach that balances innovation with the public interest.
• Waterfront Toronto was continued as a corporation pursuant to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act, 2002 and deemed not a Crown Agent.   
• Waterfront Toronto is led by a CEO and is overseen by an independent board of directors appointed by the three orders of government. The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for appointing up to four of these board members. Government partners together may also jointly appoint the Board Chair.
• The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities sits as a member on an Intergovernmental Steering Committee which serves as an executive level focal point for intergovernmental management and coordination on matters related to the Initiative.
• Infrastructure Canada's Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment, Partnerships and Innovation provides support to the Deputy Minister and oversees a secretariat that coordinates activities around Waterfront Toronto, including engaging other federal departments as well as interacting with other government officials from Toronto and Ontario as well as management of the corporation. 

FUNDING

• Waterfront Toronto is able to generate revenues through their own activities, principally land sales from land donated by the City or the Province. These funds are used to further support the Initiative.
• The Government of Canada does not provide ongoing funding for the Waterfront Toronto Corporation or the Initiative, but may do so for specific projects. Previous federal funding dedicated to specific projects has been exhausted.
• Phase I of the Initiative began in October 2000 in anticipation of a potential bid for the 2008 Olympics. Under this phase, governments provided $500 million each for projects focused on the Central Waterfront, East Bayfront and the West Don Lands. Federal administration of these contributions ended on March 31, 2014.
• In June 2017, the three governments announced a combined $1.25 billion in funding for a new Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure Project and the Cherry Street Stormwater and Lake Filling Project.
• For its part, the federal government provided some $384 million for the Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure Project and $32.5 million for the Cherry Street and Lakefilling project (which is funded under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund). Infrastructure Canada will continue to administer this tranche of federal funding to Waterfront Toronto up until 2024.

CURRENT STATUS

• Infrastructure Canada officials continue to meet regularly with Waterfront Toronto representatives through a specific Port Lands Oversight Committee to review progress on the project. Work on the project is progressing on schedule and Waterfront has commenced site mobilization.
• Sidewalk Labs' Draft Master Innovation and Development Plan was released in June 2019 and Waterfront Toronto has been consulting with the public and external experts on its contents as part of a more formal evaluation process that will unfold this fall/winter.
• Infrastructure Canada officials been monitoring developments and, where appropriate, seeking views and expertise of other federal departments as warranted, and engaging collaboratively with other partners in Waterfront, although this is a negotiation between Waterfront and Sidewalk Labs and ultimately a decision of Waterfront Board of Directors.
• No federal funds have been committed to the proposed Quayside project; however, there are many policy and program issues that require federal engagement. 

NEXT STEPS

• The Cherry Street Project is over 73% complete and forecasting to complete on budget, with project completion forecasted for December 2019. The Portlands project is slated for completion in 2024.
• On Quayside, governments will be formally engaged by Waterfront Toronto after the Board has considered the Master Innovation and Development Plan in March 2020. Officials will provide support to the corporation management as needed depending on nature of issues and need for information sharing and consultation.
• As the Master Innovation and Development Plan is just a proposal, any elements that ultimately move forward for implementation will be subject to multiple City approvals and provincial/federal laws and regulations, with governments making decisions related to their respective jurisdiction.

WINDSOR DETROIT BRIDGE AUTHORITY

MANDATE

• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is a Crown corporation with a mandate to oversee construction and operation of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan, through a public-private partnership.

DESCRIPTION

• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is delivering the Gordie Howe International Bridge project via a public-private partnership and is responsible for project oversight of the private-sector-partner, Bridging North America, during construction and operation.
• In 2012, Canada and Michigan entered into a Crossing Agreement to establish a new international crossing at the Canada/U.S. border between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan through a public-private partnership and included the creation of a Crossing Authority.
• The Crossing Authority, since established as the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority in 2012, was created by way of Letters Patent on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport pursuant to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act.
• Governance responsibilities for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority are shared between the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and the Minister of Transport. The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for the Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act and for ensuring that the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority successfully fulfills its mandate in accordance with the Crossing Agreement.
• The Minister of Transport is responsible for the International Bridges and Tunnels Act pursuant to which the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority was created and its Letters Patent were issued. In practice, this means the Minister of Transport's approval is required in order to make fundamental changes to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority's governance structure, such as the composition of its Board of Directors.
• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and is subject to the Crown corporation regime established under Part X of the Financial Administration Act.
• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority Board of Directors consists of up to nine Board members, including the Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Seven Board members can be appointed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities with the approval of the Governor in Council while the Chairperson and CEO are appointed by the Governor in Council. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority Board of Directors has no current vacancies and no terms are set to expire before October 2021.

FUNDING

• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is a fully appropriated Crown Corporation. The Authority produces a Corporate Plan annually which outlines the Corporations activities and budget for the year. The Corporate Plan is approved yearly by the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities as well as Treasury Board, which enables the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority to access funding.
• On September 28, 2018, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority announced the signature of a $5.7 billion contract, or "Project Agreement" with Bridging North America to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the crossing throughout the 30-year concession period.

CURRENT STATUS

• Infrastructure Canada is the lead federal department for the project and is responsible for providing overall project oversight whilst supporting the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority as it advances construction, including to ensure the Project continues to comply with government direction, including duty to consult, and with the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement.
• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is currently overseeing the project into the second year of a six year construction phase. Design activities and other early works by Bridging North America are well underway under the supervision of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.

NEXT STEPS

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JACQUES CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INCORPORATED

MANDATE

• The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated is an agent Crown Corporation responsible for federal Montreal bridges and related structures, with the exception of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge. These structures play a vital role in the regional transportation system and economy.

DESCRIPTION

• The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated was established on November 3, 1978, under the Canada Business Corporations Act and was a wholly owned subsidiary of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority until September 30, 1998. On October 1, 1998, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited. On February 13, 2014, the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated became a parent Crown Corporation accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
• The federal Montreal bridges represent the only instance in Canada where the federal government is responsible for bridges found entirely within one province. Such structures would normally fall under provincial responsibility, but they are currently under federal ownership because Canada built them and retained them over the years. As the old Champlain Bridge was part of the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated portfolio, the Corporation is responsible for its deconstruction.
• The geographic location of all infrastructure assets managed by the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, including the deconstruction of the old Champlain Bridge, can be found in Annex A.

FUNDING

• The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated is entirely dependent on parliamentary appropriations and would require the approval of Parliament to borrow money.
• Budget 2018 allocated $615,957,000 to the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated over a five-year period, from fiscal years 2018-2019 to 2022-2023, for the repair, maintenance and operation of all of its infrastructure assets in Montréal.
• Some special initiatives have also received separate funding:
• $425,600,000 has been allocated for the deconstruction of the old Champlain Bridge project. This funding is over a four-year period, starting in 2018-2019.
• Budget 2019 allocated $49.67M to the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated as part of the funding for the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan. This funding is over a five year period starting in 2020-2021 and is dedicated to Solution Bonaventure, the remediation program on land owned by the Corporation (Annex B).
• The structures in the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated's network are safe; however, the bridges are aging and have been subjected to years of heavy traffic, climatic conditions and heavy use of road salt. As such, continued investments will continue to be required. In accordance with the newest best practices in the industry, the Corporation is implementing proactive asset management which will allow timely investments to increase the lifespan of bridge infrastructures and other structures.

CURRENT STATUS

• The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated is implementing its repair and rehabilitation programs on all structures to ensure that they remain safe and efficient.
• The Request for Proposal for the deconstruction project was issued in July to the three consortiums retained following a Request for Qualifications.

NEXT STEPS

• The three consortiums qualified for the deconstruction project of the old Champlain Bridge have five months to prepare their proposals. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated expects to announce the retained consortium for deconstruction in March 2020.
• Infrastructure Canada is working closely with the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated on the deconstruction project due to its proximity to the new Samuel De Champlain Bridge.

ANNEX A: MAP OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF ALL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS MANAGED BY JCCBI

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ANNEX B: SOLUTION BONAVENTURE

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